JCSA
Sporting Clays is located within a beautiful shooting facility with rifle,
pistol, archery and shotgun ranges. The
Josephine County Sportsman Park has overnight camping, RV spaces and a
day use picnic area.
The Sporting Clays Course at
present has 14 stations. The course is laid out on both sides of a
winding road that is mostly in forest of oak, madrone and evergreen pine, fir
and cedar trees. The following is a brief description of a few of the
existing stations. A pair of birds thrown from the new 50 foot tower on
station #10 are coming in high overhead. They cross then one
disappears behind the trees while the other continues in at the shooter.
On station #6, a pair of clays are coming in high and curling in to land
50 feet from the shooting station. On station #8, a double teal
machine is throwing two birds straight up in a dense wooded area with just the
right opening for a good shot at each one. Station #11 is in a small
clearing. A steel tower in back of the shooter houses an electric trap
that sends a target overhead and away, while another target flies out
from behind a tree on the left, 30 yards out, and crosses the clearing
high above the trees. Station #12 is a shooting platform twelve feet
above the target area where a low outgoing bird and a crossing rabbit
challenge the shooter.
The remainder of the course
consists of a wide variety of presentations with teal, rabbits and numerous
types of crossers. The trees and varied terrain provide an exciting
challenge for shooters. All of the stations are changed periodically. Construction
is now in progress for another tower. It will be a 60 ft tower
with double traps and will be located on a newly constructed multi-trap
practice and warm-up area that offers a covered shooting shelter.